<h1>Daniel Eng</h1>

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TIFF ’23: Expats

TIFF ’23: Expats

Confidently directed by Lulu Wang, her follow-up to The Farewell received much critical acclaim out of Sundance and finally should establish her as “going Hollywood”. Expats is a six-part miniseries based on the book Expatriates by Janine K Lee. TIFF invited Lulu to...

TIFF ’23: Hit Man

TIFF ’23: Hit Man

Richard Linklater never fails and, more amazingly, continues to surprise. Even as he traverses genres, he always nails the core relationships. At the same time, he understands that romantic love brings us together and makes us make the most absurd choices possible. A...

TIFF ’23: Rustin

TIFF ’23: Rustin

George C. Wolfe’s latest film, Rustin, shows that he finds scripts that give his generational talented actors the to shine. However, this one takes a step back in its originality and covers mostly familiar narrative and historical ground.  Rustin stars Colman Domingo...

TIFF ’23: The Peasants

TIFF ’23: The Peasants

In their follow-up to the first-ever film entirely animated in oil paintings, D.K Welchman and Hugh Welchman return to the style with a more unknown period piece. The Peasants takes a look at a 19th-century Polish farming village and, more specifically, a young woman...

TIFF ’23: Evil does not Exist

TIFF ’23: Evil does not Exist

With Evil Does Not Exist, one can't help but wonder if the title of Oscar Winning Director Ryseuke Hamaguchi’s film is meant to be ironic or is, in fact, trying to reveal the good nature of our humanity. For a long time, it seems like the latter as Hamaguchi involves...

TIFF ’23: Memory

TIFF ’23: Memory

Memory, the first American drama from Mexican auteur Michel Franco tells a story of connection, loss, and yes, memory. Featuring wonderful performances from Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgard as Silvia and Saul, the film begins when Silvia goes to her high school...

TIFF ’23: Uproar

Uproar chronicles Josh’s adventure to establish an identity for himself, which goes against the values of his country wrestling. Here, Apartheid-era South Africa’s rugby team has been touring New Zealand, provoking protests across the country. It has also been forcing...

TIFF ’23: NYAD

TIFF ’23: NYAD

Nyad is the feature directorial debut of Oscar-winning documentary duo, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and  Jimmy Chin (The Rescue and Free Solo). In their latest film to look at people who are insane enough to try to achieve the physically impossible, the death-defying...

TIFF ’23: Summer Qamp

TIFF ’23: Summer Qamp

The new documentary, Summer Qamp, takes a look at Camp Fyrefly, a camp in southern Alberta that is comprised entirely of people from the LGBTQ+2S community. The film aims to see how the experience helps them to come to terms with their identity and be affirmed in...